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No I absolutely did NOT mean that I will be re-using it. I mean I want to use it as a template, nothing will be paraphrased. I will write everything on my own, just use it as a source to help generate ideas on what/how to write.
Also, the research advisor was an MD who left and is now practicing in another state and I don't feel comfortable bothering him about it since he just gave everything to me so it seems like he wanted it off his shoulders.
These questions don't sound simple to me. I'd seek out an advisor or another researcher you know and ask him/her. Going about this the wrong way could have some negative repercussions.
Thank youDepends on what you do?
This is all pretty run of the mill stuff when it comes to IRB stuff. If the IRB is lapsed, i.e. expired vs closed out, the research shouldn't even be conducted. No analysis, no writing, no nothing.
1. You need a current IRB until the research is published.
2. You probably could, but they'd have to be an author or you're plagiarizing.
3. You submit a manuscript and other things, but it depends on the journal.
Regardless, you need to include the other authors, as well as a PI. No reputable journal is going to accept a single author paper by a pre-med .